Assembly Breaking News

Nissan Offers Buyouts to Tennessee Employees

SMYRNA, TN-Nissan North America Inc. will offer buyouts to some 6,000 employees at the company's two Tennessee plants and eliminate a night shift at one plant because rising fuel prices and the economic downturn have slowed sales of trucks and sport utility vehicles.

The technicians and salaried employees at the assembly plant in Smyrna and powertrain plant in Decherd, TN, will be offered a lump sum of $100,000 or $125,000 depending on tenure, as well as medical and car purchase benefits.

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Events

May 1, 2024

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

May 14, 2024

How to Drive Product Innovation With Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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